Peter And Evie - Travel blog: June 23, 2023 - Baddeck, Cape Breton and Halifax, Nova Scotia (NS)

June 23, 2023

We spent a very interesting morning exploring the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. He came to Baddeck in 1885, then return a year later to establish a vacation home for his family right on the shores of Bras d'Or Lake. He is well known for his invention of the telephone, but he also worked on many different inventions, in marine engineering, medicine, aeronautics and space-frame construction. The museum had many of these inventions --planes, boats etc. I could have spent a lot more time exploring there.

We then boarded the bus and drove into Halifax, NS. Once we settled into our hotel, we were on our own for dinner and the evening. This is a big city. Our hotel was in the historic district, a few blocks from the Halifax Harbourwalk, a very long walk along the harbor, with shops, restaurants, marina, outdoor concerts, and parks.

The harbor is all downhill, so all of the streets into the downtown area are all UPHILL. Peter and I walked up to the Halifax Citidel National Historic Site at the top of the hill, which gave us a great view of the town and harbor. Then we walked a few blocks over to the Halifax Public Gardens, which reminded me a lot of the Boston Public Gardens, but a little smaller. We then walked DOWNHILL to the Harbourwalk, and met up with Jack & Janet, two other Road Scholar folks. We stopped at a very busy harbor-side brewery, for a few good beers and long chats. We did notice that almost all of the people there were young, very few with grey hair. What does that say about Halifax? Then on to dinner at the Wooden Monkey -- I actually was able to get vegetable curried rice with tofu. Almost felt like home.

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